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12-28-2017, 05:42 AM
After getting crushed by Google's AlphaGo, humanity's top Go player will try to beat Chinese AI
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Google's AI program AlphaGo whipped the world's top human Go player (http://mashable.com/2017/05/29/google-alphago-retires/), Ke Jie, so resoundingly this spring that he said he wouldn't ever play a machine again.*
Now, he's coming back for more.*
SEE ALSO: AI in 2017 can't nearly match the smarts of 'Star Wars' droids — it barely understands us (http://mashable.com/2017/12/15/ai-machines-in-2017-still-cant-collaborate-people/)
Except this time, Jie won't be facing any smart machine from Google's AI research lab, DeepMind. Instead, Reuters reports (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42493027) he'll take on AI opponents from China, Japan, and Taiwan. The match will take place in April 2018.*
One of Jie's opponents will be an AI program from Tencent, a Chinese tech powerhouse that has been deeply invested in its own AI development. Jie will also square off against Japan's DeepZenGo and Taiwan's CGI. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/27/ai-go-programs-will-challenge-human-champion-in-china/)
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Google's AI program AlphaGo whipped the world's top human Go player (http://mashable.com/2017/05/29/google-alphago-retires/), Ke Jie, so resoundingly this spring that he said he wouldn't ever play a machine again.*
Now, he's coming back for more.*
SEE ALSO: AI in 2017 can't nearly match the smarts of 'Star Wars' droids — it barely understands us (http://mashable.com/2017/12/15/ai-machines-in-2017-still-cant-collaborate-people/)
Except this time, Jie won't be facing any smart machine from Google's AI research lab, DeepMind. Instead, Reuters reports (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42493027) he'll take on AI opponents from China, Japan, and Taiwan. The match will take place in April 2018.*
One of Jie's opponents will be an AI program from Tencent, a Chinese tech powerhouse that has been deeply invested in its own AI development. Jie will also square off against Japan's DeepZenGo and Taiwan's CGI. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/27/ai-go-programs-will-challenge-human-champion-in-china/)
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